Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant workers who move around to find job opportunities during the Great Depression in California. In Of Mice and Men, the killing of Lennie and Candy's Dog are symbolic physically and non-physically. Both Candy's dog and Lennie were killed in a way that made them feel no pain. They were both shot in the back of the head at the base of the skull. They were both shot with the same gun, Carlson's Lugar. They both where sick; Lennie is mentally and Candy's dog is physically. Neither of them saw it coming. ...

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... part with his old companion. The situation culminates with Carlson shooting Candy's dog. Continuing from this point, the story as a whole concludes with George's decision to shoot Lennie. Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men metaphorically compares Lennie and Candy's dog by making them both dependent on someone, continuously referring to Lennie as an animal but a good worker ... animals in the novel, a dog being the point of focus at this moment. "Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers" (3). Steinbeck's use of figurative language shows the reader the similarities between...

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